Really weird PC problem (updated)

**Y2Ant** · 01-25-2005, 07:54 PM

Right, i've sorted the graphics problem, that was a bug with the driver, for SiS motherboards, the games run fine now.

The main problem is that when I play one of the games, my PC craps out, just goes black and I have to shut it off at the mains, and start it up again, I think I have damaged the motherboard or the CPU.

I was looking at the motherboard with a torch to see if there was any damage, when I heard a click (that I normally hear just before the PC turns off or reboots) and it rebooted itself. When the PC started up, I got a hard drive boot error, and it said to insert system disk. So for some reason now, it wasn't recognizing anything on my IDE 0 channel (it said I had nothing where my HDD-0 and HDD-1 are, and recognised my DVD-RW which is plugged into my secondary IDE channel)

I wasn't sure if this was the IDE cable or the power, so I reseated the IDE cable, and now it boots up ok.

This is really starting to worry me/piss me off, I am desperate for help right now.

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01-25-2005, 07:54 PM	#9
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	Right, i've sorted the graphics problem, that was a bug with the driver, for SiS motherboards, the games run fine now. The main problem is that when I play one of the games, my PC craps out, just goes black and I have to shut it off at the mains, and start it up again, I think I have damaged the motherboard or the CPU. I was looking at the motherboard with a torch to see if there was any damage, when I heard a click (that I normally hear just before the PC turns off or reboots) and it rebooted itself. When the PC started up, I got a hard drive boot error, and it said to insert system disk. So for some reason now, it wasn't recognizing anything on my IDE 0 channel (it said I had nothing where my HDD-0 and HDD-1 are, and recognised my DVD-RW which is plugged into my secondary IDE channel) I wasn't sure if this was the IDE cable or the power, so I reseated the IDE cable, and now it boots up ok. This is really starting to worry me/piss me off, I am desperate for help right now.